National Union of Postal and Telecommunication Employees

The National Union of Postal and Telecommunication Employees (NUPTE) is a trade union representing workers in the communication industry in Nigeria.

The union was founded in 1978, when the Government of Nigeria merged seven unions:[1]

  • Association of Posts and Telegraph Draughtsmen
  • P. and T. Clerical and Allied Workers' Union
  • P. and T. Telephonists' Union of Nigeria
  • Postal Staff Workers' Union of Nigeria
  • Posts and Telegraphs Engineering Workers' Union
  • Posts and Telegraphs Typists' Stenographers' Union of Nigeria
  • Union of Posts and Telecommunication Workers of Nigeria

The union was a founding affiliate of the Nigeria Labour Congress, and by 1988 it had 29,000 members. Its membership rose slightly to 30,000 in 1995, but fell to only 8,000 by 2005.[2][3]

References
  1. "Restructuring of trade unions" (PDF). Federal Republic of Nigeria Official Gazette. 8 February 1978. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
  2. LeVan, A. Carl; Ukata, Patrick (2018). The Oxford Handbook of Nigerian Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0192526324.
  3. Nigeria. U.S. Department of Labor, Bureau of International Labor Affairs. 1995.
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